diff --git a/vendor/update-cmdliner.sh b/vendor/update-cmdliner.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+version=1.0.0
+
+set -e -o pipefail
+
+TMP="$(mktemp -d)"
+trap "rm -rf $TMP" EXIT
+
+rm -rf cmdliner
+mkdir -p cmdliner/src
+
+(cd $TMP && opam source cmdliner.$version)
+
+SRC=$TMP/cmdliner.$version
+
+cp -v $SRC/LICENSE.md cmdliner
+cp -v $SRC/src/*.{ml,mli} cmdliner/src
+
+git checkout cmdliner/src/{jbuild,result.ml}
+git add -A .